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Combat Objectors To Be Put to Work On Soil Projects Dykstra Opposes Emblems For Display by Families Of Men in Training By CARTER BROOKE JONES. Conscientious objectors drafted by •elective service will be sent to camp and put to work on soil conservation and reforestation, it was revealed yesterday. This was the first announcement of widely discussed plans to place these men in non-military service of national importance. It came from C. A. Dykstra, director of selective service, after conferences with Presi dent Roosevelt and department heads and negotiations with the Na tional Council of Conscientious Ob jectors. The selective service law specifi cally exempts conscientious objec tors from military duty, but provided that they must register, and, if draft ed and not deferred for reasons of vocation, dependency or physical dis ability, assigned to useful work of concern to the general welfare. Will Operate Camps. Groups of conscientious objectors themselves will be given the respon sibilty of operating and maintaining the camps. Mr. Dykstra disclosed. Proposals that an official symbol be designated for display by fam ilies of men in military training were frowned on yesterday by the draft director. The whole principle of selective service, Mr. Dykstra pointed out, is duty to the Nation in the capacity for which one is best fitted, whether this is in the Army, in a factory or at home. “I wouldn’t hesitate,” he added, “to encourage anything that in spite of worthy intent, would commercial ize the performance of a patriotic obligation. •'As long as this country' is at peace, and as long as men inducted for military training remain in camps in this country, I am opposed to any symbol or emblem to desig nate the families of those engaged in military training. Injustice Seen. “Selective service will succeed to the extent that the American people accept military training as a normal obligation. One of the basic philos ophies of selective service is that everybody serves his country best by doing the Job for which he is most qualified, needed and available. To provide some special gratuitous recognition of the families of men who are selected for military train ing would be an injustice to the families of those who serve in in dustry, agriculture, commerce and other pursuits necessary to the main tenance of public health, safety or interest.” Mr. Dykstra's statement was in answer to numerous suggestions ap parently inspired by memory of the “service flag” displayed at homes in 1917 and 1918 to show that members of these families were with the armed forces. To handle the Christmas and everyday mail of expanding and newly established Army camps, the Post Offl£e Department has taken elaborate measures. Approximately 500 regular postal clerks have.been assigned to camps. Thirty-five new post offices have been set up for the rapidly growing Army. Only experienced clerks are being assigned to the camps, Post master General Walker said, thus assuring the best possible service. Places made vacant by these as signments are being filled from the department's substitute rolls. Director for Activities Of Objectors Named PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21 </P>.— Dr. Thomas E. Jones, president of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., has been appointed to direct activi ties of conscientious draft objectors who are to be assigned to special work by the National Selective Serv ice, the American Friends (Quaker) Service Committee announced to day- , ■ Clarence A. Dykstra, selective aervice director, disclosed in Wash ington this week that Quakers, Mennonites. Brethren and the Fel lowship of Reconciliation have been designated to organize suitable work projects for conscientious objectors that will be nationally significant. Trustees of Fisk University, the Friends committee said, have grant ed Dr. Jones leave of absence to supervise this service, which may enroll 2.000 to 3,000 men within a year. With the approval of the Selective Service Administration he will set j up camps in areas where there is , need of constructive service, such as reforestation, soil erosion con- i trol, slum clearance and rural re housing programs. The committee said Quakers would operate camps in Coopers town, N. Y.; the Patapsco State Forest near Baltimore, Md.. and in Southern California. Forest camps will be operated by the Brethren in Northern Michigan and at Dalevllle, Va. Mennonites will establish a camp in Rockingham County, Va. Additional units, the committee said, will be located in the Texas Oklahoma section, the Pacific Northwest, in the Illinois-Indiana Kentucky area, the Kansas-Colo rado section and in Florida as the need arises. Police Say Girl Admits Slaying Child at Birth Bj the Associated Press. BABYLON, N. Y., Dec. 21.—Lind say R. Henry, chief assistant dis trict attorney, said today a 20-year old unmarried mother, a tavern waitress, had admitted slaying one of her three children at birth. Mr. Henry said she claimed a second child was stillborn about two years ago, and she buried the body in the back yard. The young woman also is the mother of a 4-year-old son. Held on charges of having mur dered her new-born daughter, last Thursday, Emma Louise Chichester was confined in a hospital tonight pending arraignment next week on a homicide charge. The village police, responding to an anonymous telephone call, found the body of the tiny infant in Miss Chichester’s dresser drawer. Mr. Henry said the baby had been suffo cated, and, judging from bruises at the neck, strangled. Mr. Henry said the woman went to work a few hours after the child's unattended birth. . c,l»t*fJ4A* , A -&***■* ■ frot>' tw» 1 * ^ *** ■ PRESIDENT’S CHRISTMAS CARD—President and Mrs. Roose velt will send their Christmas greetings on this card, mailed from the White House, with the presidential seal in gold on the envelope. , —Associated Press Photo. _ju._i__ _ President and Wife Have Busy Yule Schedule White House Festivities Start Tomorrow; Tree Laden With Gifts Christmas will be a busy holiday for the Chief Executive and Mrs. Roosevelt. The festivities will begin tomor row afternoon, when they will re ceive the White House office force, numbering about 150, in the Presi dent’s office. The holiday clgnax will come Christmas night, when the presidential family sits down to dinner. Holly, mistletoe and poinsettias deck the mansion and a great wreath hangs above the north por tico entrance. A tall all-white Christmas tree, with white lights, white streamers and artificial snow has been set up in the east room. President Roosevelt likes old-fash ioned candles on his Christmas tree, but they won’t appear this year. The family tree on the second floor of the White House has multicolored electric lights. Mrs. Roosevelt, al ways an early Christmas shopper, already has stacked many of the gayly wrapped gifts under the tree. Mrs. Roosevelt’s Schedule. The President's wife will spend most of Christmas eve on her usual round of holiday events. Starting at the Capitol Theater at 8:30 am., she will go to Arlington at 9:30, to the Volunteers of America a’t 1:15 and to the Salvation Army at 2 p.m. Later in the afternoon the fam ilies of the White House guards. Secret Service men and household staff will file "by the great Christ* mas tree, sent from a Civilian Con servation Corps camp, to receive gifts from Mis. Roosevelt. Shortly after 5 pm. the President' and Mrs. Roosevelt will go to the community Christmas tree on the ellipse and the President will touch the button bringing the lights of the tree to life. He will broadcast his Christmas message to the Nation during the tree-lighting ceremony. President to Read Dickens. After dinner on Christmas eve, a family affair, the President will read aloud Dickens’ "Christmas Carol.” Only two youngsters will be there to hear the annual read ing—Franklin, 3d, 2-year-old son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., and 8 year-old Diana Hopkins, daughter of former Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins. Guests at the White House will include the President's mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt; Mrs. J. R. Roosevelt of New York, widow of the President’s half-brother, and Harry Hooker of New York. Franklin, ,ir„ will be the only child of the President at the White House over Christmas. James is in training with the Marine Reserves on the West Coast; Elliott is on duty in the Aviation Corps and John can't get to Washington because he has only one day off from his Boston job. The only Roosevelt daughter, Anna, is in Seattle. 'Slayer' Can't Recall Name of His Victim By the Associated Press. RALEIGH. N. C., Dec. 21.—Detec tive Capt. Bruce Poole said a man walked into the police station and announced that he had shot a col ored man here in 1924 or 1925. but didn’t know his name. Capt. Poole said police records did not go back that far. Capt. Nat Warren, a veteran offi cer, said he recalled an unsolved killing about 15 years ago but didn’t remember the victim’s name. Capt. Poole said the man was be ing held while the police decide what to do next. CHRISTMAS ITEMS At Very Attractive Price* 8-Light Indoor Tree Lighting Outfits. M. Special waC "P Outdoor Tree Light- AQ. ing Outfits. Special, 9wG up $1.00 Woodbury’s Shav- TE ing Set. 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Youths As Pioneers Christmas Message Notes 'Fine Results' Of Program In holiday greetings to the Civilian Conservation Corps yester day, President Roosevelt hailed the 300,000 enrollees and their 2,000,000 predecessors as "pioneers in the building of a new order for Amer ican youth ” Other messages went to the 1,500 camps from Federal Security Ad ministrator McNutt, James J. Mc Entee, C. C. C. director; Secretary of War Stimson, Secretary of the Interior Ickes, Secretary of Agri culture Wickard, Gen. George C. Marshall, Army chief of staff; Frank T.« Hines, veterans administrator, and Howard Oxley, C. C. C. educa tion director. "It is with a sense of deep grati tude that the Nation at this holiday season looks back upon the fine re sults that have stemmed from the Civilian Conservation Corps pro gram,” the President wrote. "You who are now in the corps, and the more than 2,000,000 others who have lived and worked in the outdoor camps as enrollees have been pioneers in the building of a new order for American youth and for the conservation of our price less national resources. You have strengthened the Nation and im proved your usefulness to your coun try and to yourselves. “I extend to you my heartiest greetings. May your Christmas be a joyous one.” Enrollees will have five days’ leave, either at Christmas or New Year’s, to visit their families. Special Midget Scout Car May Replace Army Motorcycle By th« Associated Press. The Army disclosed yesterday that the cavalry was testing a new model midget scout car as a possible sub stitute for motorcycles. The 1,350-pound vehicles, 3,000 of which have been ordered, originally were developed for the infantry. Each carries three riflemen and their weapons and can be used also to transport machine guns and am munition. The modernised cavalry Includes numerous motorcycle units for scouting and communication. A new type motor-tricycle to carry three men also has been designed but not yet acquired by the 1st Cavalry Divi sion at Port Bliss. Tex., or other units. The War Department said the new midget car “seems to have the answer” to some of the defi ciencies of the motorcycle, being "relatively quiet,” light weight and able to carry three men or substan tial cargoes. parties have been arranged at the camps, and many are having cele brations for the children and needy families in the vicinity. Juliana Hears Yarns Spun by Dutch Sailors At Seamen's Institute Princess Leaves U. $. Tonight to Spend Christmas in Ottawa By tbe Associated Press. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—In a room redolent of cigar smoke and the aroma of coffee, Princess Juliana of the Netherlands—a royal refugee in a foreign land—was reunited with her countrymen today. For nearly an hour she sat in a small room in the Seamen’s Insti tute as twoscore Dutch men of the sea—some who had served their na tion for 30 years—told her tales of their adventures. Sipping coffee and smoking a cigarette, the Princess listened as one sailor, Maarte van der Zwan, told her that 20 of a crew of 32 had been killed in the explosion of a time bomb which sank the steamer Stad Chiedam last September 16. Has Cigars Distributed. She chatted in her native tongue with Frits Franken, who sailed un-< Substantial Reductions on CAMERAS Movie Projectors Films & Supplies for tyjo weeks we've thrilled hun dred* of euitemers with the many values we have had to offer at such marked savings . . . Naw, with just 2 shopping days before Christmas wo invite you to drop in for gift hints . . . stocks are still quit* complete. M. A. LEESEOPJoCAL 6M 9th St. N.W. der the Dutch flag for more than a quarter century. She asked that cigars be distributed to all the sea men. They cheered as she left the hall to attend a luncheon In her honor given by John D. Rockefeller. Jr., and later a private reception at the Netherlands Club. The Princess arrived here yester day from Washington after visiting President and Mrs. Roosevelt for three days. She will attend services tomorrow morning in the West End Collegiate Reformed Church, whose pastor, the Rev. Dr. Edgar Frank lin Romig, said she had expressed the hope her visit "might be in as simple and informal a way as would be customary were she in Holland.” To Spend Christmas In Ottawa. Tomorrow night she will leave by train for Ottawa, Canada, to spend Christmas with her two dauchters,. the Princesses Beatrix and Irene,' aged 1 years and 18 months, re spectively. Juliana was clad today in a black wool dress with black velvet and bronze sash. She wore a heavy gold bracelet on the right wrist and two diamond-studded bracelets on the left. 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